On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Richard Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anyone else having issues out there with DNS requests which should > fail resolving to a search engine? This is with Butler net residential. > I've written to Bill but would be interested to hear if it's happening > with business or other ISPs (it's not happening with my work stuff). > I've narrowed it down and it's like the requests to the root and top > level domain servers are being hijacked...
I have Charter's 16Mb cable at home, and it's been doing this since I got it. All requests to invalid domains get redirected to a Charter search portal. Here is a the result of a dig. ;; ANSWER SECTION: footuasdflqweryuzxg.com. 60 IN A 64.158.56.56 footuasdflqweryuzxg.com. 60 IN A 63.251.179.56 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: footuasdflqweryuzxg.com. 65535 IN NS WSC2.JOMAX.NET. footuasdflqweryuzxg.com. 65535 IN NS WSC1.JOMAX.NET. ;; Query time: 60 msec ;; SERVER: 24.159.64.23#53(24.159.64.23) ;; WHEN: Thu Sep 25 15:38:24 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 129 I'm used to this and usually just hit Esc to stop it from loading when I see it coming up via the status bar. I've really been meaning to setup my own DNS though, and this is all the more reason to get off my lazy ass and actually do it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
